The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on September 25, 2015

If there are faults with The Naked Jungle, ones not the result of having to follow the Hays Code–which the film skirts thanks to Ben Maddow and Ranald MacDougall’s excellent dialogue, Eleanor Parker’s fantastic, intelligent performance and Charlton Heston’s brute force appro   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on February 23, 2011

The Naked Jungle (Byron Haskins, 1954) This wonderful adventure movie starring Charlton Heston as Christopher Leiningen, a wealthy self-made man living on his cocoa plantation in Amazonia, diserves much praise than it actually received. Christopher has built his fortune with his own hands and boug   read more